Benjamin Thomas Stoeger is an American
competition shooter and
firearm
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s instructor who started competing actively in 2005. He placed first in the
2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, second behind
Bob Vogel in the
2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVI held at Rhodes, Greece was the 16th IPSC Handgun World Shoot. There were 30 stages which all had a Greek theme.
Champions Open
;Individual:
The Open division had the second largest match participation with 373 ...
, and placed third in the
2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVII held at the Universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof, Florida, United States, was the 17th IPSC Handgun World Shoot.
Champions Open
The Open division had the second largest match participation with 385 com ...
behind
Eric Grauffel and
Simon "JJ" Racaza. He is also three time
IPSC US Handgun Production Champion (2012, 2013 and 2015), eight time
USPSA Handgun Production Champion (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019).
Associations
At Ben Stoeger's personal websit
benstoeger.comhe includes his views and tips about how to shoot the Action Shooting sports of IPSC and USPSA, and some of the latest competition gear for those sports.
Practical Shooting After Darkis a podcast featuring Stoeger and other USPSA competitors discussing the sport.
Practical Shooting Training Groupis an online coaching platform for USPSA/IPSC Practical Shooting created by Stoeger and fellow competitor Hwansik Kim. The site contains drills with video explanations and written diagrams, training video, and a venue to get feedback on student-submitted videos.
Bibliography
; Books
* ''Champion Shooting: Guaranteed Results in 15 Minutes A Day'' (2012) by Jay Hirshberg and Ben Stoeger
* ''Champion Shooting: A Proven Process for Success at Any Level'' (2012) by Jay Hirshberg and Ben Stoeger
* ''Practical Pistol - Fundamental Techniques and Competition Skills'' (2013) by Ben Stoeger
* ''Dry-Fire Training: For the Practical Pistol Shooter'' (2014) by Ben Stoeger
* ''Skills and Drills: For the Practical Pistol Shooter'' (2014) by Ben Stoeger, Timmy Meyers, Ronnie Casper, Brandon Edwards
* ''Practical Pistol Reloaded'' (2016) by Ben Stoeger
* ''DryFire Reloaded'' (2017) by Ben Stoeger
* ''Skills and Drills Reloaded'' (2018) by Ben Stoeger
*''Breakthrough Marksmanship'' (2019) by Ben Stoeger
;
;Videos
* ''Training to Win with Ben Stoeger'' (2014)
*''Practical Pistol Foundations with Ben Stoeger'' (2015)
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See also
*
Eric Grauffel, French sport shooter
*
Max Michel
Maxient John Jr. Michel (born 15 December 1981) is an action shooting competitor from the US. He became IPSC Handgun World Champion in the Open division in 2014. He is also the only seven-time winner of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting C ...
, American sport shooter
*
Jorge Ballesteros, Spanish sport shooter
Hwansik Kim
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
IPSC shooters
American male sport shooters
Place of birth missing (living people)
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